Smoker&#39;s pipe.



HOWARD JONES, OF MOUNT AIRY,` PENNSYLVANIA.

.sMoKEns PIPE. Y i

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1907.

Application lsd May 17, 1907. Serial No, 374,307.

' To all `whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HOWARD JONES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Airy, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSmokers Pipes, of which the following is a specification. My inventionhas relation to a smokers pipe; and in such connection it relates to theprovision 'of the pipe with means whereby first, burning of the tongueis `done away with in the smoking of tobacco in the pipe; second, to bysaid means enable the lower portion of the bowl of the pipe as well asthe stem to be kept in a cleanly condition; third, to by said means, inthe ad justment thereof, to enable the pipe to be kept more or lesscool, while in use, thereby lessening tendency to burning out of thepipe bowl by tobacco consumed therein; fourth, to by said means, retardthrough the adjustability of the same the amount of tobacco burned in agiven time in the bowl of the pipe, thereby effecting a saving as wellas affording greater comfort and pleasure in the smoking of tobacco; andfifth, to by said means afford ad Z'L'bitum proper draft or ventilationofthe pipe as well as to facilitate cleaning of the pipe by simply usingan ordinary fuzzy wire cleaner, without having to remove the mouth-pieceor to take the pipe apart.

The nature and scope of my present invention predicated upon tlieseveral points of advantage of said invention, as defined, will be morefully understood from the following description taken in connection withthe accompanying drawing forming part hereof, in which Figure l, is aview partly in side elevation and partly in broken section, of `asmokers pipe, showing the means of my invbntion in application to thepipe for the purposes hercinbefore defined and the said means cmbodyingas to constructive arrangement main features thereof. Fig. 2 is a top orplan View of the slitted plug; and Fig. 3 is asimilar view of the tubeor housing therefor, when inserted and secured about the base of thebowl of the pipe, as shown in Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings 4, is the pipe having either a curved stem 5asshown in Fig. 1 or a straight stem; the internal bore of which extendsto and is connected with the bowl 6, of the pipe. About the base of thebowl is provided preferably, a slanting bore 7, extending to the outsidein front of the pipe bowl into which is inserted a short metal or othersuitable material tube 8, having the inner end made preferably slantingto contour with the inner surface of the lower portion of4 the bowl asshown in Fig. l. The bottom of the tube 8,

is formed with a slight projection 10, in order that the tube whenfitted to place in the body of the pipe will become a fixture of the`same against displacement while shifting a` plug therein. f

ll, is a plug having two outwardly 4flaring tangs l2 and 13, formingaforked plug arranged tolbe readily inserted into and of being slid backand forth or released fromthe tube 8, for ad li'btum regulating thequantative admission of cool air around about the base of the pipe-bowlto prevent burning of the tongue in the smoking of tobacco inthe bowl.The tobaccois fired from the top of the bowl and burns in a downwarddirection therein; By the provision of a plug ll, as de- -scribed underdue regulation of its position `in the tube 8, the volume of admittedcool air from above and be-v low thetangs of the plug can be controlledt a nicety, that is, according to the fancy of the smoker, and hence thelower portion of the' bowl can be kept in amore or less cool condition,while in use. y Moreover, by removving the said plug l1, vthe ordinaryfuzzy pipe cleaner can be readily inserted for cleansing not only thebase internally of the bowl but also the stem of the pipe, directlyconnected'therewith. The degree of heated condition of the bowl due tothe burning of tobacco therein, can therefore at all times withcertainty by the smoker be regulated, in use, according to the positionof. the plug ll, in the tube 8, exposing the tangs 12 andi 13, thereof,to afford bythe suction action of the smoker,

outside cool air to be drawn into the pipe so as to maintain the bowland particularly the lower portion below the smoking tobacco in a moreor less cool state, and in such a condition as to cause the tendency tobiting or stinging effect upon the tongue to be reduced to a minimum.This foregoing arrangement affording regulation of the draft orventilation of the pipe to suit fan,- cied ideas of the smokercommendsgsuch a pipe to favorable consideration, because the pipe can bekept far more cleanly and sweeter asfit is termed by users of pipes,than can the ordinary pipe, without the said means employed as part ofthe pipe. y

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is i l. A smokerspipe provided with an opening and a forked plug. the tang-s forming theforked portions'of the plug adapted to engage the openings so as topermit of lhe shifting of the plug in und out of the opening of" saidpipe. substantially as nud -for the purposes described.

A smoker-'s pipe provided with an opening in front fitted with uremovable tube, u forked plug adapted to b.: shifted in und out of saidtube, with the forked portions of said plug contacting 'with the wall ofsaid tube, substantially as und for the purposes described.

A smokers pipe provided with a slanting opening extending from the busefof the bowl to the outside of the pipe and a plug pl'ovided with tangsadapted to engage the wall of the opening to hold said plug in anyshifted posi tion thereof, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed. i

4. A smokers pipe provided with an opening tted with 10 a removable tubeand a plug provided with flaring tnugs HOWARD JONES.

Witnesses J. WALTER DOUGLASS, THOMAS M. SMITH.

